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Jeroen Simons as a child
Name: Jeroen Simons.
Instrument: Drums & Percussion.
Age: 20. 
Occupation: None.
Musical Flavour: Fusion, metal and complicated drumming.
Why drums: "I have an innate need of hitting things."
My inspirations: Sean Reinert & Gene Hoglan, and a few fusion drummers.
How have you played: 7,5 years.
What do you like about Tremor: "I can express my own creativity onto the music."
What do you dislike about Tremor: "I would like the band to play more complicated songs."
What does the future hold for Tremor: "We should stay creative and we should not become a commercial band."
What effect would the non existing of Gene Hoglan and Sean Reinert have on your drumming style: "I would play less technical but yet tight."
Oscar Postema as a child
Name: Oscar Postema.
Instrument: Vocals, Grunts & keyboards.
Age: 29.
Occupation: Actor & Teacher.
Musical Flavour: Metal, Symphonic music. Orphanage for example.
Why vocals: "When they needed a singer in my previous band I started singing, and I liked it."
Why keyboards: "I simply like it."
My inspirations: Dream theater and Peter Steele.
How long have you played keyboards: 16 years
vocals: 6 years.
What do you like about Tremor: "As a singer I like to entertain the crowds. The songwriting with my own contributions to them."
What do you dislike about Tremor: "We should jam more often."
What does the future hold for Tremor:
"Time will tell."
If you could pick a different voice, which one would you choose: James LaBrie of Dream Theater.

   

Martijn van der Bliek as a child
Name: Martijn van der Bliek.
Instrument: Electric and Acoustic guitar.
Age: 22.
Occupation: HEO Business Economics.
Musical Flavour: Varying from rock to doom metal and from pop to classical music.
Why guitar: "I wanted to play in a band."
My inspirations: "I am my biggest inspiration, but Bach, de Visée, Dvorak and also Led Zeppelin and U2 are inspirations."
How long have you played: 6 years.
What do you like about Tremor: "The kick. Both of the recording process and the playing together, and the gigs are also good fun. And on top of that I am a publicity whore." 
What do you dislike about Tremor: "That everybody is always late at the rehearsals."
What does the future hold for Tremor: "It’s not up to you to decide. Everything depends on certain "connoisseurs". Musical connoisseurs do not exist, because music is matter of taste!"
What would you do when you were doing a gig and your nose started itching: I would hold the chord and scratch my nose with my pick.
Maaike Rijk as a child
Name: Maaike Rijk.
Instrument: Vocals.
Age: 17.
Occupation: Havo and waitress
Musical Flavour: Atmospheric metal, rock and some classical pieces.
Why vocals: "I adore singing, it gives me a sense of freedom."
My inspirations: "The Gathering (with Anneke van Giersbergen), Within Temptation, and other music in the same vane. I also very much like Anouk's voice."
How long do you sing: I sing since the age of 7, when I already wrote my first songs, first in Dutch, later in English!.
What do you like about Tremor: "Quite simple: The Music is great!"
What do you dislike about Tremor:
"The microphone I am using sucks (well not anymore, when you read this, she's been awarded with a brandnew microphone)."
What holds the future for Tremor:
"I hope that we will be performing a lot, and that we are going to record another CD with my vocals on it."
What’s the fun of playing in a band with only guys: "It's fun, you should try it yourself!"

   

Roel Aldewereld as a child
Name: Roel Aldewereld.
Instrument: Bass guitar.
Age: 21.
Occupation: Food technology student.
Musical Flavour: I like a lot, but I prefer gothic, symphonic, rock, doom, death, spherical, classical, melodic, punk, funk metal.
Why bass: "I wanted to start a band with a couple of friends, but there was no one who wanted to play bass."
My inspirations: Mark King, Jeroen Nieuwstad, Rens Lemaire and every other good bass player.
How long have you played: 4 years.
What do you like about Tremor: "They play the music I like (thank goodness)."
What do you dislike about Tremor:
"The distance I have to travel to our rehearsals is 150 km from where I live."
What does the future hold for Tremor: "I hope that we will become a respected metal band in this formation."
Ad Sluyter as a child
nName: Ad Sluyter.
Instrument: Electric guitar.
Age: 17.
Occupation: Havo and paperboy.
Musical Flavour: Metal and classical music. Especially violin music from Bach and Vivaldi.
Why guitar: "I grew up in a neighborhood of guitarplayers. My mum and neighbor play guitar and also somebody else a few blocks away. It was quite a simple choice."
My inspirations: Carcass, Gorefest, Orphanage and Pantera.
How long have you played: 3 years.
What do you like about Tremor: "They blend different styles of music and have very good arrangements."
What do you dislike about Tremor:
"I'd like to develop more a unique band sound, regarding to the color of the music."
What does the future hold for Tremor: "I hope that we will write new interesting songs with my contributions. Play a lot of gigs and develop our own unique Tremor style."
Famous Last words: "None".

      

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